D defs.my
Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

amnesty

/(ăm"nĕs*ty̆)/ · am·nes·ty · IPA /ˈæm.nɪ.sti/
01 n. Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.
  1. 1.
    Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.
  2. 2.
    An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.
02 v. t. To grant amnesty to.
imp. & p. p. Amnestied; p. pr. & vb. n. Amnestying
  1. 1.
    To grant amnesty to.